The Establishment

From 1929 to 1941, a period of time began in the United States that was referred to as the Great Depression. A lack of confidence led to withdrawals in order to protect money, draining the banks ' reserves and destroying their ability to make loans. This mistrust affected the entire economy and started a dangerous cycle. Since that time, there has been much historical debate over what actually caused it, and many theories have been proposed to explain how a country’s economy could fail so…

Persecution is never the right thing to do, and regardless if being gay is a choice or not there still needs to be more acceptance for everyone. Banning gay marriage is in violation of the First Amendment 's establishment clause that requires that government “shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion” (US Const. Amend. I). This clause requires that laws must not be based from religious standpoints, and that they stand must alone with no religious backing. People commonly try to…

starting point for the movement. Nevertheless, it was a crucial step towards achieving a more just and equal society. Respectively, even though not all goals of the women's rights movement have been achieved, the role of the Convention of 1848 in the establishment of the…

her viewpoints on the economy, foreign policy, defense, social issues, and almost anything else that an elected official would have to make a decision upon. The main categories of the political spectrum are: radically liberal, establishment liberal, moderate, establishment conservative, and radically conservative. An example of a 2016 presidential candidate for each each category of the political spectrum in that respective order is: Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, John Kasich, Marco Rubio, and…

Getting It Right The sun shone brightly through the glass windows of the waiting area, radiating hope for the beginning of another phase of life. All passengers boarding flight A73 proceed to checkpoint two is all I hear, it dawns on me, it is time to return home. After serving the Lord voluntarily for 24 months my time is finally here to go back to my family. As I experience a blend of joy and sadness I take those final steps to board the flight back home. There is no doubt that I have come…

Social work students and professionals have opportunities to organize community gardens, which will allow guiding communities toward empowerment and working toward social equality and justice at a macro level. Kam (2014) called social justice "the crucial mandate of social workers," and indeed, it was the goal of pioneering social workers such as Jane Addams. While social work as a profession has moved away from macro work in recent decades, there still exists a need for this important work.…

The Kings Cross development all started back in 2001. It is situated in the center of London on the same site as an old railway. There was great discussion what to do with the 64-acre site; they decided something everyone could use. The site was known for being a lost industry but now they are redeveloping it into a mixed-use city centre. Having decided to become mixed use site it include a huge array of different type of possible operation but there will be over 2,000 square foot of residential…

Social Capital Social Capital is a social concept developed by Coleman in 1990. Social Capital portrays that numerous people within a social structure need to have two traits in common to make it easier for people within that social structure to function.The two main aspects that Coleman identifies are trust and obligation. This solidifies the strength of a community’s social structure creating a social capital, weather it is at a local or public level. An example of local social capital are…

how a society structures its opinions about gender and sexuality and subsequently how they “police” it, or as Foucault stated how they fail to. There was, for example, policy in the united states several decades previous that prohibited “gay” establishments, bars and clubs, from being in operation. These businesses were run illegally and when discovered police violence of patrons was prevalent, though in some cases they undisturbed, and often tabooed, in the areas they operated. Atwood’s…

A Christian chaplain for Congress should be offend the First Amendment because people can choose to be any religion, someone may believe in a different form of a God. Another one that offends the non-establishment clause is the sessions of Congress opening with a prayer in Jesus name. Not everyone believes I Jesus. If not everyone believes in Jesus, then why is he being brought up. Jesus can be totally subjective to me or to anyone else. The Chaplains in…